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Weatheradio Canada (French: Radiométéo Canada) is a Canadian weather radio network owned and operated by Environment and Climate Change Canada's Meteorological Service of Canada division. It is one of the two weather radio systems across North America along with the NOAA Weather Radio, and is an official partner of the National Weather Service.
The Weather Network (TWN) is a Canadian English-language discretionary weather information specialty channel available in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. It delivers weather information on television, digital platforms (responsive websites, mobile and tablet applications) and TV apps.
On May 1, 1871, the new Dominion of Canada established the Meteorological Service of Canada by providing a $5000 grant to Professor G. T. Kingston of the University of Toronto to establish a network of weather observations. This information was collected and made available to the public from 1877 onwards.
Pelmorex Corp. was established in 1989 and acquired The Weather Network and MeteoMedia shortly after. The brand grew in Canada and in 1996, The Weather Channel in the United States was brought on board as a strategic minority shareholder. In the early 1990s, the company owned the Pelmorex Radio Network stations in Northern Ontario.
Phillips taught high school for a short time. [4] He was then hired by the Meteorological Branch of Transport Canada to conduct research on the Great Lakes in Toronto. [5] The work involved using climatological data to answer questions about climatic records: farmers asking for frost-free seasons or temperature trends, urban planners assessing the location for an airport or about the ...
This is a list of television programs broadcast by the American television network The Weather Channel. There are four main types of programs on The Weather Channel: weather news programs, serial documentaries, Long-form shows, and specials such as the 100 Biggest Weather Moments, Top 100 Weather Moments, and Coast Guard: HMS Bounty.
The series has appeared on The Weather Network in Canada, Sky in the United Kingdom, and National Geographic Channel in New Zealand and Australia. The series chronicles the adventures of the duo (and occasionally adventurer George Kourounis) as they travel across North America documenting severe weather.
Environment Canada received approval in 1998 to upgrade the network to Doppler standard and to add 12 more radars with the operational characteristics coming from King City weather radar station (CWKR), the research radar of Environment Canada. [8]